These times of crisis bring back more memories than usual. Pawel tells us about a very poignant memory one summer by a lake. This is an episode of contrasts. We hope you really enjoy it.
What is beauty? Can we find beauty in the industrial, as much as we do in nature? Hear us debate this, and join us in the conversation, by sending me a message on here or on @storisse.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We announce the PLANET PROJECT -The international, multi-media project celebrating 50 years since the first EARTH DAY. Aiming to recreate the emotion of the 1989 Baltic chain, when people across the Baltic states joined hands forming a peaceful demonstration of solidarity, the PLANET PROJECT is a such a demonstration, but taking place online on the 22nd of April.
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The Baltic Chain spanned almost 700 kilometres across the Baltic states. Let’s make this new chain stretch around the world.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend an aesthetically stunning film. In these days of more inwardness, we believe this is a beautiful film to watch. Like a meditation and an ode to beauty, really.
We recommend quenching your thirst for art in any way possible. This is where I go if I need a dose of art.
One tiny clarification: we didn’t get there accidentally – I had visited the place as a kid several years earlier and if I remember correctly, I suggested seeing it again. For the same reason you mentioned in the podcast – to experience this abandoned post-industrial complex. I recall that when we approached it in the kayak from the lake side, the weather got really bad with strong wind and large waves that we were fighting with to keep us dry – that also added to the overall impression of hostility of the place.
This is more or less how it looked in 2006: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Ejz_bloki.jpg
The place is still one of the potential locations for the nuclear power plant but I doubt if we will see it built in our lifetime.
Excellent addition to this story, and we will definitely make sure we rectify the details in a future podcast episode. Stay tuned!